I’m a pro joiner , my Festool router broke down on a site one day and I bought one of these Parkside routers to finish the job . 4 years later it is still going strong despite the fact that it has been used ( and abused ) by all my colleagues. For € 39 you couldn’t even buy the cutters ! The only criticism is the play in the the plunge mechanism.
Hello, just brought this myself and wanted to see what others thought of it. Just some free advice, Make sure you are cutting in the right direction, you can tell this by using your right hand! Place your right hand thumb on the timber on the side you want to cut, the direction your fingers are pointing is the direction you want to go with your router. Also when using the router table, it's best to have two hands on the wood keeping your fingers away from the cutting bit, you get a nice cut and you get to keep your fingers.
In the first cut you are cutting in the wrong direction, also if you are using a router bit with a bearing you do not need to use the router fence, the bearing on the cutter stops on the edge of the wood you are cutting and maintains the cut distance. The router fence is used if you are cutting out hinge rebate for instance.
For all those asking how did he attach the router to the bench - It's Obvious 👀👀👀 It's camped in the workbench and a guide rail is used for the piece that's being worked on
Purchased this router few weeks ago. Everything is pretty much the same as it is shown in this video from 3 years ago, APART of the metal guide you’re using there that came with it. Yeah, that thing is plastic now. Very flimsy and completely unusable if you need precision. Have a look at a video of a German guy comparing this Parkside with Bosch and with Festool (you can do English subtitles), but he basically shows in detail how flimsy it is and how now 90° the screw in the middle is. A little disappointing that they decided to cut costs and replace a usable part with unusable junk. I’d prefer then to add 1-2 quid to the price of the unit, but keep the metal guide instead of cheap plastic 💩
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I’m a pro joiner , my Festool router broke down on a site one day and I bought one of these Parkside routers to finish the job . 4 years later it is still going strong despite the fact that it has been used ( and abused ) by all my colleagues. For € 39 you couldn’t even buy the cutters ! The only criticism is the play in the the plunge mechanism.
Hello, just brought this myself and wanted to see what others thought of it. Just some free advice,
Make sure you are cutting in the right direction, you can tell this by using your right hand! Place your right hand thumb on the timber on the side you want to cut, the direction your fingers are pointing is the direction you want to go with your router. Also when using the router table, it's best to have two hands on the wood keeping your fingers away from the cutting bit, you get a nice cut and you get to keep your fingers.
In the first cut you are cutting in the wrong direction, also if you are using a router bit with a bearing you do not need to use the router fence, the bearing on the cutter stops on the edge of the wood you are cutting and maintains the cut distance. The router fence is used if you are cutting out hinge rebate for instance.
How did you fit it underneath the table? That was working great
Your first cut was a climbing cut, that is why it was ropie. I did the exact same thing!
Good video, worth the watch and helped me to decide to buy Parkside.
hello, how did you attach it to the table? thx
For all those asking how did he attach the router to the bench - It's Obvious 👀👀👀 It's camped in the workbench and a guide rail is used for the piece that's being worked on
Nice video. Did you need to adapt your workbench to enable you to attach you router underneath?
Looks like a router would be worth having. Thank you.
PS. They should come with a mask though?
How did you secure the router from underneath the table please?
Im also curious how has done....
Thats good machine
Purchased this router few weeks ago. Everything is pretty much the same as it is shown in this video from 3 years ago, APART of the metal guide you’re using there that came with it. Yeah, that thing is plastic now. Very flimsy and completely unusable if you need precision. Have a look at a video of a German guy comparing this Parkside with Bosch and with Festool (you can do English subtitles), but he basically shows in detail how flimsy it is and how now 90° the screw in the middle is. A little disappointing that they decided to cut costs and replace a usable part with unusable junk. I’d prefer then to add 1-2 quid to the price of the unit, but keep the metal guide instead of cheap plastic 💩
Amigo, el primer corte lo haces en sentido contrario.
Great review 👏 think a mask is advisable save your lungs my friend .